·       NAMI Family Support Group is a free, confidential and safe support group of families helping other families who live with mental health challenges. They meet the second Tuesday of the month from 6-7:30pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd.

·       On Nov. 18, Squaw Valley Institute will show the premiere of “It Ain’t Pretty” at Olympic Village Lodge. It is a film about the women who surf San Francisco’s Ocean Beach as well as a movement that has women forging new tides in women’s big wave surfing. Big wave surfers Bianca Valenti, Rebecca Wunderlich, and Monique Kitamura will be in attendance alongside film producer Kathleen Egan to sign posters with Q&A opportunities before and after the film. Doors open at 6:30pm and event begins at 7pm. General admission to this event is $10 and SVI members are free.

·       Lake of the Sky Outfitters will be showing “180 Degrees South, Conquerors of the Useless” on Oct. 28 at 7pm. It features a shipwreck, surfing, mountaineering, and the efforts of Yvon Chouniard (founder of Patagonia) and Doug Tompkins to preserve the wildness of Patagonia. The free movie will be shown at 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd. South Lake Tahoe.

·       Nevada Reads is a program in which people throughout the state read and discuss a selected book about Nevada. The 2016 Nevada Reads author, Mark Maynard, will be at the Minden Library on Nov. 12 from 3-5pm to discuss his book “Grind.”

·       Douglas County Public Library is showing “Ratchet and Clank” (rated PG) on Nov. 5 at 2pm in the Minden Library meeting room. The movie and popcorn are free.